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Cotality-Westpac NZ First Home Buyer Report, November 2025
Our Cotality-Westpac First Home Buyer Report combines Cotality’s insights on the…
Labour market soft, but with some green shoots
The September quarter labour market surveys were as subdued as expected…
NZ labour market review chart pack, Q3 2025
The Q3 labour market surveys were generally as subdued as we were expecting…
Running rough
Last week we released our final Economic Overview for 2025 with…
Economic Overview: Running rough
The business environment has remained challenging in 2025…
NZ labour market preview, Q3 2025
We expect the unemployment rate to rise from 5.2% to 5.3% for the September quarter…
GDP insights, October 2025
Quarterly GDP growth has been unusually volatile in recent times…
3% inflation not a barrier to another RBNZ rate cut
Inflation in New Zealand has picked up again, rising to 3% in the year…
Economic conditions still soggy
The New Zealand economy is still looking sluggish. The latest updates…
NZ CPI preview, Q3 2025
We estimate that New Zealand consumer prices rose by 1.0% in the September…
Regional Roundup
It’s been a long hard winter for the economy. Speaking to businesses around the…
Breaking the spell
The Reserve Bank delivered the 50bps OCR cut that we were expecting…